desi authors...

>western-bred Pajeets

Jhumpa Lahiri is your gal. First and second generation Pajeets is her schtic. Try The Namesake.

>>8793688
what are her novels like?

>>8793694
In what way? Generally they deal with muh immigrant experience and generational differences (first gen Indian parents against more Americanized kids). She pretty much just writes about hyper educated upper class Bengalis so shes kind of a one trick pony but it's a good trick. I thought The Namesake was genuinely good.

check out V.S. Naipaul. he was of indian descent but was born in trinidad. then moved to england.

the short story collection "miguel street" is great. also "a house for mr biswas" was pretty good.

Hh hatter

western-bred pajeet here

namesake is good stuff. It feels a lot like Stoner. I can't really think of any other modern (last few decades) lit by fellow poos that hit the spot. If you're itching for some older poo-lit read some Tagore, or some older plays (Shakuntala, How Urvashi was Won). If any fellow-browns be lurking, do yourself a favor and read Panchatantra---you probably read some danku amarchitrakatha as a kid and owe it to yourself to read it properly

Thirding Lahiri. Her short story collection, Interpreter of Maladies, was extremely solid and one of my favorite reads this past year.

>>8794142

>amarchitrakatha

Fuck yeah, that was my jam. Thanks for the rec senpai.

>>8793674
My diary desu

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>>8793674
brick lane by monica ali

M.G Vassanji is pretty decen, and if you're not too concerned with the pajeet-ness then Sam Selvon's Londoners books are pretty neat (trinidadian immigrant to london)

Does Salman Rushdie count? What's the official pajeet opinion about him?

>>8795600
That magical realism stuff is overrated, but Midnights Children was okay

Mordecai Richlers books strike a chord with me too, its the same story that a lot of us have experiences. isolated immigrant community member struggling to find identity in Canada (which isn't the most welcoming place).

>>8794142
>not reading the Kathasaritsagara

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>>8793674
The God of Small Things

>>8796196
a true beauty she was